Optimal Detection of Cryptic Prey May Lead to Predator Switching

Switching in General Predators: Experiments on Predator Specificity and Stability of Prey Populations

William W. Murdoch · Ecological Monographs · 1969 · 1.4K citations

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An Experiment On Spacing-Out as a Defence Against Predation

N. Tinbergen, Monica Impekoven, Dierk Franck · Behaviour · 1967 · 385 citations

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Search Image Formation in the Blue Jay ( <i>Cyanocitta cristata</i> )

Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Alan C. Kamil · Science · 1979 · 311 citations · Full text

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Perceptual changes in chicks: Another look at the ‘search image’ concept

Marian Stamp Dawkins · Animal Behaviour · 1971 · 253 citations

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Searching for Cryptic Prey: The Effect of Search Rate

Robert P. Gendron, J. E. R. Staddon · The American Naturalist · 1983 · 243 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +14